Quilters, Manhattan is Calling!

 

 

Your chance to hear and meet Denyse Schmidt, Jennifer Chiaverini and Mark Lipinski in the heart of New York City is just around the corner. The second Quilters Take Manhattan event takes place Saturday, September 15 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Treat yourself to an exciting day of inspiration, learning, prizes, samples, a silent auction and (yes!) gorgeous quilts while supporting the community you love. The event is a benefit for the Quilt Alliance, documenting, preserving and sharing the history of quilts and their makers since 1993. Visit the Alliance website to find out more and purchase your tickets today.  

 

  
 
Gear up for the event by listening to Alliance board member Mark Lipinski interview Jennifer Chiaverini on his radio show Creative Mojo with Mark Lipinski. It aired live on August 15, but you can listen to this and all Creative Mojo episodes via podcast here!
 

Door prizes! 

Get your tickets today to be eligible to win one of the exciting door prizes donated by our sponsors. Visualize your number being drawn for this mega door prize: the Brother Laura Ashley Innov-í­s NX2000 provided by Brother, one of our Platinum level sponsors.

Our ticket sales for this event will be capped at 400, so the odds are very appealing! You must be present to win this prize; sorry "Home" ticket holders not eligible to win this particular drawing.

 

 

 

Quilts!

     

Event attendees will also see quilts! Denyse Schmidt will exhibit quilts included in her new book (pictured above) and we'll show the 2012 "Home Is Where the Quilt Is" contest quilts -- half at FIT and other half at The City Quilter. Don't miss a chance to preview these unique house-shaped quilts before the November eBay auction. Contest quilts by Margarita Korioth, Jamie Fingal, Joyce Hughes and the Broadway Gentlemen's Quilting Auxiliary pictured below, left to right. 

 

 

Victoria Findlay Wolfe's forthcoming book (Fall 2012) with C&T Publishing

 Play!

 

That evening. after the FIT event we will travel to W. 38th Street to the cozy yet sophisticated studio and home of Alliance board member Victoria Findlay Wolfe for Quilters Take Manhattan After Dark. This  event is all about play! We'll use Victoria's 15 Minutes of Play method as inspiration to create a group quilt that will be auctioned to benefit the Alliance in November. Serenading us will be Alan Jabbour, old-time fiddler extraordinaire and founder of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and longtime board member and former President of the Quilt Alliance. Join us to play, sip wine, nibble appetizers, mingle with our event speakers and celebrate quilts and quiltmakers!

 

Sponsors for this event include your favorite vendors and and if you attended last year's QTM event, you know that goody bags will be stocked to the brim. Fabric, thread, notions and more will be contributed by these generous sponsors:

 

Platinum level sponsors:    

 

Gold level sponsors: Moda, Michael Miller, Timeless Treasures, Fabric Traditions, Craftsy, Attached Inc./Mistyfuse,eQuilter.com

 Silver level sponsors: Pellon, Spoonflower, Fairfield, Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics, E.E. Schenck, Quilting Arts 

Bronze level sponsors: Marie Bostwick, Abrams Books

Venue sponsors: The City Quilter, Bumble Beans, Inc.

 

 

Omaha--taken!

 

The Quilters Take Omaha event on August 3 was a big success thanks to our sponsors and hosts at AccuQuilt and all those who attended or sent in contributions.  

 

Longtime board member Linda Pumphrey (left), Global Sales Manager for AccuQuilt, was honored at the August 3 fundraising event held in conjunction with an Alliance board meeting held on the same day. A highlight of the event was a Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.) interview with Pumphrey conducted by founding Alliance board member Merikay Waldvogel (right). 

 

 

A new Alliance oral history initiative, "Go Tell It at the Quilt Show"�, was also demonstrated at the event by several interviewees. Steve Nabity shared the story of a quilt made for his daughter Cara, who died of a rare, lifelong heart condition in 2003.  

 

Watch our Quilters Take Omaha slideshow.

   

 

 

   

Welcome new Alliance board members

The Quilt Alliance welcomes three new board members to its leadership team of 24 volunteers. Lisa Ellis (below left), Brenda Groelz (below center) and Steve Nabity (below right) began their board service at the Alliance's August 3 meeting in Omaha, Nebraska at the new headquarters of AccuQuilt. The newly elected members join a dynamic group that includes quiltmakers, historians, archivists, academic and museum professionals, media specialists and industry representatives. Read Quilt Alliance board bios here. 

  

   

Read the full press release here.